A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



Before the Conquest the manor of 

 MANORS THUNDRIDGE, sometimes called 

 IVJDESMILL, was held by Alnod 

 under Scigand, Archbishop of Canterbury. In 1086 

 it formed part of the possessions of Odo Bishop of 

 1 :.-.■■ of whom it was held by Hugh de Grent- 



mesoil. It was assessed at 1 hide only. There was 

 land for four ploughs, but there were only three on 

 the manor, one of which was on the demesne ; there 

 was meadow for four plough-teams, woodland for 

 sixteen swine, and a mill 9 (possibly on the sice of 

 Wadesmill). After the forfeiture of the Bishop of 

 Bayeux the manor was held of the king in chief by 

 the successors of Grentmesnil, and this tenancy 

 follows the descent of the manor of Ware (q.v.). 

 In the 13th century the immediate tenants of the 



a messuage and dovecote, 1 carucate of land, 10 acres 

 of meadow, 30 acres of wood, 40 acres of pasture, 

 with rents of assize and rents from customary tenants." 

 In the following year Elizabeth died holding half the 

 manor, 16 leaving a son Sir Hugh de Bussy, kt., by ■ 

 former marriage. Apparently this half was acquired 

 by the other heirs, for there seems to be no further 

 trace of it. In 1303 Joan the second heir, then a 

 widow, conveyed her part of the manor to Adam de 

 Swillington for life. 16 Afterwards, before 1311, she 

 married Adam de Swillington " (of Swillington, near 

 Leeds), with whom she was jointly seised. He 

 obtained a grant of free warren in February 1327-8 ,8 

 and died in or before 1330." The manor then 

 passed to Sir William Disney, apparently the son of 

 Joan by her first marriage. He in 1 3+7 settled it on 



Wades M 



manor were the family of Dive of Balderton, co. Not- 

 tingham, and Kingerby, co. Lincoln. It was held by 

 William de Dive, who died before 1251, when his 

 heir John was under age and a third of the manor was 

 held in dower by his widow Ermen trade. 10 In 1277 

 John Dive obtained a grant of free warren in his 

 demesne lands of Thundridge. 11 John died seised in 

 1292-3, leaving two sisters, Joan then the wife of 

 Ralph de Trehamtone and apparently widow of Sir 

 William Disney, 12 and Elizabeth, then wife of John 

 D'Aubyn. 13 The extent of the manor is given as 



his son and daughter-in-law William and Joan Disney. 10 

 From William the younger it passed to Sir William 

 Disney, his son, 21 to John of Norton Disney, co. 

 Lincoln, son of William, who was killed at Towton 

 in 1461," and to his grandson and heir William, who 

 died seised of it in 1 540." Richard, his son and heir, 

 conveyed it in 1543 to John Gardiner of London and 

 his wife Joan." John Gardiner died in 1 5 5 5. His son 

 Thomas died without issue and the manor passed to 

 his brother Henry, who had two sons Henry and James. 

 After the death of Henry, James conveyed it to his 



"> V.C.H. Bert,, i, Jllfl. 



10 Cur. Reg. R. 145, m. 17 d. 



11 Cal. Chart. fi. 1257-1 300, p. 204. 

 »* Gen. m, 375; fhorocon, Noiang- 

 mitire, i, -59. 



13 Chan. Inq. p.m. 21 Edw. I, no. 42. 

 >* Ibid. 



- Ibid. 1 



2 Edw. I, no. 44.. 

 18 Feet of F. Hertt. j 1 Edw. I, n 



17 See ibid. 5 Edw. II, no. S4. 



18 Chart. R. 2 Edw. Ill, m. 18, 

 "CW. Par. 1--C-4, p. 29. 



■-oR. -;-, 



1 Edw. 



II, n 



378 



11 For fine levied by him in 141 1 «-e 

 Feet of F. Di~. Co. 12 Hen. IV, no. 71. 



"Char,. I no. p.m. (Ser. 2), iiiii, 105 ( 

 Gen. loc. cit. 



Ibid, -liv, izo ; Cta. loc. cit. 



* FeetofF.Hert..Mich.--Hen. Villi 

 R«ot. R. Hil. 35 Hen. VIII, rot 126. 



